16 Best Learning Books

"I actually loved [this book]." - Safi Bahcall

"I tell everyone I teach to get [this book]." - Dave Elitch

"[The author] was this world-class chess player, world-class martial artist, and the book [is about] his learning process." - Mark Hart

"For your mind." - Ed Latimore

Josh Waitzkin recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.

"Great book." - Tony Hsieh

"Great book on how to focus the mind. Read this if you need to be more productive." - Tai Lopez

List of books Bill Gates read in 2012.

Ray Dalio mentioned this book in his book, "Principles."

One of the books on Scott Adams' "Persuasion Reading List."

"Fine book but it didn’t need to be an entire book. A blog post would have gotten the point across." - Naval Ravikant

"I love surprising scientific findings, as well as information about how our brains work. [This book] is a treasure trove of both." - Ev Williams

"Captivating dive into human decision making, marred by inclusion of several/many? psychology studies that fail to replicate. Will stand as a cautionary tale?" - Marc Andreessen

"Makes a lot of great points." - Bill Gates

"Perfectly marvelous book." - Charlie Munger

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Dwayne Johnson said he was reading this book in an interview with Andy Warhol.

"I really love [this book]." - James Altucher

"It's fucking great." - Joe Rogan

"Dweck and her research have helped my foundation colleagues and me understand more about the attitudes and habits that allow some students to persevere in school despite big challenges." - Bill Gates

Mentioned on "The Knowledge Project" podcast.

"Whatever change we’ve been able to achieve is because the cultural meme we picked was inspired by [this book]." - Satya Nadella

Tony Robbins mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

Josh Waitzkin recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.

"One of those ideas that is obvious only once you know it." - Ev Williams

"I'd attribute about 60% of my good habits to [the author's] blog and this book is rapidly filling in the other 40%." - Tim Urban

"A decent book on self-help tools, not a category I am generally a fan of." - Vinod Khosla

"Great book." - Biz Stone

"Highly recommend." - Anthony Pompliano

"I love the simplicity of this book." - Jodie Cook

"" - Blake Randall

"The master work of a master author." - Aubrey Marcus

"Read [this book] so that you can figure your life’s task and how to dedicate yourself to it." - Ryan Holiday

"An excellent book." - Mark Hart

Tom Bilyeu recommended this book on his website.

"His best book next to 48 Laws." - Rollo Tomassi

"GREAT book." - Robin Sharma

On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.

"Detailed the challenges that we all face on the road to expertise in any field." - Maurice Ashley

"A set of prescriptions or principles, for attaining mastery." - Terry Laughlin

"This book, which you can read in a sitting, is a great overview of the process-driven mindset." - Patrick O'Shaughnessy

"[The author's] thesis is that the most important part of reading a book is to actually read the table of contents and familiarize yourself with the major structure of the book." - Kevin Systrom

"If you believe that you’re not getting everything out of your reading that you should, this book is awesome." - Shane Parrish